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Provincial.
KENT . APPOINTMENTS . —Lodges . —Tuesday , February 1 st , Adam ' s ( 184 ) , Masonic Hail , Sheerness , at 6 ; Wednesday , 2 nd , Eoyal Naval ( 621 ) , Eoyal Hotel , Eamsgate , at 7 ; Iuvicta ( 1011 ) , George Hotel , Ashibrd , at 8 ; Thursday , 3 rd , United Industrious ( 34 ) , Freemasons' Tavern , Canterbury , at 8 ; Friday , 4 th , Union ( 149 ) , King ' s Head , Margate , at 7 .
LANCASHIRE ( EAST ) . APPOINTMENTS . —lodaes . —Thursday , February 3 rd , Affability ( 390 ) , Cross Street , Manchester , at ( ij ; Friday , 4 th , Anchor and Hope ( 41 ) , Swan Hotel , Bolton , at 6 . BURY . —Prince Mwin ' s Lodrje ( No . 150 ) . —On AVednesday evening , Jan . 19 th , the monthly meeting of the above flourishing Lodge was held at Bro . Alfred AA ood ' s , the Bridge Inn , Bolton-street , when the Lodge was opened in the first degree bBro . Keeversthe newly installed AV . M . The principal business
cony , sisted in proposing a medical gentleman , much respected in the town , as a candidate ; and in passing the minutes of the former meeting . From the latter we learn that the following is the list of officers for the Lodge during the current year : —Bros . John S . Keevers , AA . M . ; H . R . Harris , S . AA . ; John S . AVaite , J . AV . ; Thomas Eamsbottom , Sec . ; James AVood , Treas . ; AA . Hopkinson , S . D . ; J . Briggs , J . D . ; 11 . Brooke , I . G . ; aud Jolm Smith , Tyler . The Lodge being duly closed , the Brethren were called from labour to refreshmentwhen the following toasts were
, given : — " The Queen ; " " The Earl of Zetland , G . M . of England ; " "Lord Panmure , D . G . M . of England ; " " Stephen Blair , Esq ., Prov . G . M . for East Lancashire ;" " Albert Royds , Esq ., D . Prov . G . M . ; " " The Visiting Brothers , coupled with the health of Bro . George M . Tweddell . " Bro . Geo . M . Tweddell , of No . 50 , thanked the Brethren present for their kind reception , and for the enthusiastic manner with which the musical Masonic honours had been given in respect to so humble an individual as himself , although but one short twelvemonth only had elapsed
since his initiation in the tyled recesses of a Lodge . The more he saw of Masonry , the more he loved it : and he had determined to attend the working of both his own and neighbouring Lodges as frequently as possible , as the best mode of becoming fully acquainted with the Craft . In every Lodge that he had yet visited , ho found a hearty welcome , and he would , as often as convenient , avail himself of the kind invitation they had given him to frequently visit them . Confined to no sect in religion , to no party in politics , to no country or clime , Freemasonry could not fail to improve every man who attended to its beautiful
ritual ; though bad men occasionally crept into the Order , they might remain evil iii spite of Freemasonry , but would never be made so by it . He considered it to be the bounden duty of every Mason to prove , by his well regulated conduct in life , that Freemasonry is something more than a mere convivial club . They were not at liberty to ask even those whom they wished to be Masons , to enter the Craft , but they could all recommend it by the purity of their lives , and by showing on all occasions their attachment to it . Several excellent Masonic songs were sung bBros . KeeversCarltonEamsbottomAlfred AA ^ oodJames AVoodDawsonand
y , , , , , , Mather ; and , on the worthy host informing his Brethren that in the morning he intended to enter the holy bonds of wedlock , the health of the host and intended hostess was given , and every Brother present expressed his warm wishes for their future happiness . Although disappointed , through the unavoidable absence of Bro . Baldwin , P . M ., from whom a lecture had been expected , the evening was spent in that spirit of brotherly love which ought ever to animate Freemasons .
LANCASHIRE ( AATSST ) . APPOINTMENTS . —Lodges . —Tuesday , February 1 st , Alliance ( 905 ) , Stanley Arms , Eoby , at 4 i ; Wedupsday , 2 nd , St . John ' s ( 971 ) , Caledonian Hotel , Liverpool , at G ± ; Ellesmere ( 1032 ) , Bed Lion , Choi-ley , at 6 ; Thursday , 3 rd , Mariners ( 3 . 10 ) , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 0 ; Friday , 4 th . Instruction . —Ditto , at 7 . Chapter . —Tuesday , 1 st , St . Mm ( 245 ) , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 0 . LrvEnrooL . —Derly Lodge ( No . 1 , 000 ) . —The installation of Bro . AA m . Wade as AV . M . of this Lodge , which meets at the Derby Arms Hotel , Bootle , took place on Monday last . The ceremony was ably conducted by Bro , Bulley , Prov . G . S . D . of
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Provincial.
KENT . APPOINTMENTS . —Lodges . —Tuesday , February 1 st , Adam ' s ( 184 ) , Masonic Hail , Sheerness , at 6 ; Wednesday , 2 nd , Eoyal Naval ( 621 ) , Eoyal Hotel , Eamsgate , at 7 ; Iuvicta ( 1011 ) , George Hotel , Ashibrd , at 8 ; Thursday , 3 rd , United Industrious ( 34 ) , Freemasons' Tavern , Canterbury , at 8 ; Friday , 4 th , Union ( 149 ) , King ' s Head , Margate , at 7 .
LANCASHIRE ( EAST ) . APPOINTMENTS . —lodaes . —Thursday , February 3 rd , Affability ( 390 ) , Cross Street , Manchester , at ( ij ; Friday , 4 th , Anchor and Hope ( 41 ) , Swan Hotel , Bolton , at 6 . BURY . —Prince Mwin ' s Lodrje ( No . 150 ) . —On AVednesday evening , Jan . 19 th , the monthly meeting of the above flourishing Lodge was held at Bro . Alfred AA ood ' s , the Bridge Inn , Bolton-street , when the Lodge was opened in the first degree bBro . Keeversthe newly installed AV . M . The principal business
cony , sisted in proposing a medical gentleman , much respected in the town , as a candidate ; and in passing the minutes of the former meeting . From the latter we learn that the following is the list of officers for the Lodge during the current year : —Bros . John S . Keevers , AA . M . ; H . R . Harris , S . AA . ; John S . AVaite , J . AV . ; Thomas Eamsbottom , Sec . ; James AVood , Treas . ; AA . Hopkinson , S . D . ; J . Briggs , J . D . ; 11 . Brooke , I . G . ; aud Jolm Smith , Tyler . The Lodge being duly closed , the Brethren were called from labour to refreshmentwhen the following toasts were
, given : — " The Queen ; " " The Earl of Zetland , G . M . of England ; " "Lord Panmure , D . G . M . of England ; " " Stephen Blair , Esq ., Prov . G . M . for East Lancashire ;" " Albert Royds , Esq ., D . Prov . G . M . ; " " The Visiting Brothers , coupled with the health of Bro . George M . Tweddell . " Bro . Geo . M . Tweddell , of No . 50 , thanked the Brethren present for their kind reception , and for the enthusiastic manner with which the musical Masonic honours had been given in respect to so humble an individual as himself , although but one short twelvemonth only had elapsed
since his initiation in the tyled recesses of a Lodge . The more he saw of Masonry , the more he loved it : and he had determined to attend the working of both his own and neighbouring Lodges as frequently as possible , as the best mode of becoming fully acquainted with the Craft . In every Lodge that he had yet visited , ho found a hearty welcome , and he would , as often as convenient , avail himself of the kind invitation they had given him to frequently visit them . Confined to no sect in religion , to no party in politics , to no country or clime , Freemasonry could not fail to improve every man who attended to its beautiful
ritual ; though bad men occasionally crept into the Order , they might remain evil iii spite of Freemasonry , but would never be made so by it . He considered it to be the bounden duty of every Mason to prove , by his well regulated conduct in life , that Freemasonry is something more than a mere convivial club . They were not at liberty to ask even those whom they wished to be Masons , to enter the Craft , but they could all recommend it by the purity of their lives , and by showing on all occasions their attachment to it . Several excellent Masonic songs were sung bBros . KeeversCarltonEamsbottomAlfred AA ^ oodJames AVoodDawsonand
y , , , , , , Mather ; and , on the worthy host informing his Brethren that in the morning he intended to enter the holy bonds of wedlock , the health of the host and intended hostess was given , and every Brother present expressed his warm wishes for their future happiness . Although disappointed , through the unavoidable absence of Bro . Baldwin , P . M ., from whom a lecture had been expected , the evening was spent in that spirit of brotherly love which ought ever to animate Freemasons .
LANCASHIRE ( AATSST ) . APPOINTMENTS . —Lodges . —Tuesday , February 1 st , Alliance ( 905 ) , Stanley Arms , Eoby , at 4 i ; Wedupsday , 2 nd , St . John ' s ( 971 ) , Caledonian Hotel , Liverpool , at G ± ; Ellesmere ( 1032 ) , Bed Lion , Choi-ley , at 6 ; Thursday , 3 rd , Mariners ( 3 . 10 ) , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 0 ; Friday , 4 th . Instruction . —Ditto , at 7 . Chapter . —Tuesday , 1 st , St . Mm ( 245 ) , Masonic Hall , Liverpool , at 0 . LrvEnrooL . —Derly Lodge ( No . 1 , 000 ) . —The installation of Bro . AA m . Wade as AV . M . of this Lodge , which meets at the Derby Arms Hotel , Bootle , took place on Monday last . The ceremony was ably conducted by Bro , Bulley , Prov . G . S . D . of